tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post6674783012170606888..comments2015-01-11T07:15:50.939-05:00Comments on The Bowery Boys: New York City History: Goodbye Astroland (again)The Bowery Boys - Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973633888975286268noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-50153787489202400662008-09-18T16:57:00.000-04:002008-09-18T16:57:00.000-04:00Truly sad. Thank God the Cyclone will be around (a...Truly sad. Thank God the Cyclone will be around (at least for next year.)becomingbrooklynhttp://becomingbrooklyn.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-57769937773715347912008-09-08T16:36:00.000-04:002008-09-08T16:36:00.000-04:00I made my dad from St. Louis go with me last year ...I made my dad from St. Louis go with me last year because we thought it would be the last year. He was really impressed with how close it was to the city, how much cheaper it was than Disneyland and how the beach provided a nice, easy alternative to the rides. Having read about it and seen pictures of it for years, he felt he was walking around a movie set. He was sad about the whole situation after having only been there once for a couple of hours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-56944549011971875812008-09-06T14:55:00.000-04:002008-09-06T14:55:00.000-04:00Unfortunately, this time the last time is almost c...Unfortunately, this time the last time is almost certainly the FINAL time. Thor, and the various powers that be, definitely have no use for the lingering remains of a once modest state of the art playground that meant so much to us who were children when Astroland opened. Indeed, the entire city, as we knew it, is gradually being swept away and replaced with newer more ritzy projects. Of course, this is the nature of progress as it is with life's birth and inevitable death. But that sort of rational philosophy is difficult to grasp by those of us who still live and continue to remember.<BR/><BR/>Thanks. You have a GREAT blog: Keep up the Good Work.Michael (GrayFoxDown)http://electriceggcream.comnoreply@blogger.com